At part of our class project at the Austin Center for Design, we researched about the food management process at a local supermarket in Austin, Texas. In the process, we learned a lot about the current processes, as well as ideal processes suggested by our research participants. We synthesized the idea and proposed a few design solutions.
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Research on food management process at a local supermarket
1. Research report on prepared food
management process in supermarkets
Ruby Ku & Julia Moisand
Austin Center for Design
19 OCT 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
5. Research Report
Goals
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‣ Understand current food management process around prepared food at
a local supermarket in Austin, Texas:
- forecasting
- delivering
- storing
- cooking & preparing
- shelfing
- disposing
‣ Understand the supermarket policies and Texas standards
‣ Understand processes at a competitor supermarket
‣ Customers needs
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Research Methodology
‣ 4 participants at local supermarket:
- Front of House manager
- Prepared food team lead
- Prepared food team staff
‣ 2 participants at competitor supermarket:
- Deli manager
- Deli counter manager
‣ 2 research methods:
- observation
- co-creation
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7. Research Report 7
Interviewing with management
‣ Manager of the prepared food team
‣ What we did:
- «a day in the life»
- 3 hours during opening shift
- 1 hour during closing shift
- tour of the store
- forecast software
- kitchen organization
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8. Research Report 8
Interview with staff
Prime: journaling exercise to record their current job responsibilities
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9. Research Report 9
Interview with staff
Dream: collaging exercise to describe their current and ideal experience
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10. Research Report 10
Interview with staff
Create: sketching exercise to make the ideal come true
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Central Market
| Cultural model
| 11 OCT 2010 | Drawn by Julia Moisand & Ruby Ku
IDSE101 Research Project
FOH and Order
Management (Forecast process)
Chef’s case
team leader
(Gary)
organization
of the cooler/kitchen
Sales
Central Market (CM)
Policies
Customers
Chef’s case partners
(Carissa and Laura)
Chef’s team
Equipment
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
17. Research Report 17
Central Market
| Cultural model
| 11 OCT 2010 | Drawn by Julia Moisand & Ruby Ku
IDSE101 Research Project
FOH and Order
Management (Forecast process)
Chef’s case
team leader
(Gary)
organization
of the cooler/kitchen
Sales
Central Market (CM)
Policies
Customers
Chef’s case partners
(Carissa and Laura)
Chef’s team
Equipment
Weekly safety inspection:
Central Market policies:
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
18. Research Report 18
Central Market
| Cultural model
| 11 OCT 2010 | Drawn by Julia Moisand & Ruby Ku
IDSE101 Research Project
FOH and Order
Management (Forecast process)
Chef’s case
team leader
(Gary)
organization
of the cooler/kitchen
Sales
Central Market (CM)
Policies
Customers
Chef’s case partners
(Carissa and Laura)
Chef’s team
Equipment
Lack of collective organization:
Staff workaround:
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
19. Research Report 19
Central Market
| Cultural model
| 11 OCT 2010 | Drawn by Julia Moisand & Ruby Ku
IDSE101 Research Project
FOH and Order
Management (Forecast process)
Chef’s case
team leader
(Gary)
organization
of the cooler/kitchen
Sales
Central Market (CM)
Policies
Customers
Chef’s case partners
(Carissa and Laura)
Chef’s team
Equipment
Lack of support:
Lack of staff management:
Staff responsibility:
Role distribution:
Staff accountability:
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
20. Research Report
Key findings
‣ Strong policies
‣ Lack of space and organization in the kitchen
and cooler
‣ Forecast is only based on sales and not on customers
needs and special requests
‣ Lack of communication and support between staff
All of the above are potential causes to waste.
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Better forecast
Better communication
x SHRINK h SALES
Forecast
1) Transparency
2) Linked to customers
needs
Planning
Consistency
1) Staff training
2) Staff accountability
3) Staff organization
Preparing
Education
1) Demos to customers
2) Personal chef
3) Report needs
Serving / Selling
Office Kitchen Store
Activities
People
Locations
Steps
David
Management
Different cooks, Laura, Carissa
Chef case and chef team
Gary
Chef case team leader
Andrew
Customer
Central Market
| Concept model
| 17 OCT 2010 | Drawn by Julia Moisand & Ruby Ku
IDSE101 Research Project
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
25. Research Report
Design ideas
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1. FoodCast. Waste not, Want not
Mobile application for customers
to order prepared food
2. Staff Voice
Application to report staff observations & needs
3. New labelling and physical organization system
for the kitchen and cooler
4. Redesign of forecasting software
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
26. Research Report
FoodCast: waste not, want not
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Score!
Uh oh.. no food
at home...
Wait..there’s
FoodCast!
It’s like healthy
drive-thru!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
29. Research Report
For a forecast also based on customers needs
and customers special requests
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FoodCast: waste not, want not
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32. Research Report
For a better communication:
‣ between chef case team and management
‣ between shifts
‣ between cooks
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Staff voice
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Better forecast
Better communication
x SHRINK h SALES
Forecast
1) Transparency
2) Linked to customers
needs
Planning
Consistency
1) Staff training
2) Staff accountability
3) Staff organization
Preparing
Education
1) Demos to customers
2) Personal chef case
3) Report needs
Serving / Selling
Office Kitchen Store
Activities
People
Locations
Steps
David
Management
Different cooks, Laura, Carissa
Chef case and chef team
Gary
Chef case team leader
Andrew
Customer
Staff Voice FoodCast.Design solutions
Central Market
| Concept model
| 17 OCT 2010 | Drawn by Julia Moisand & Ruby Ku
IDSE101 Research Project
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
35. Research Report
Get started: quick fixes
Organization:
‣ Better labels for containers in the chefcase
‣ No double parking in the cooler
Communication:
‣ Clipboard for staff to communicate between shifts
and between cooks
‣ Message board for staff to communicate to manager
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010